Editor's note.

Welcome to the third and final Issue of the sixty-first Volume of the Federal Communications Law Journal, the nation's premier communications law journal and the official journal of the Federal Communications Bar Association.

This Issue presents a wide range of communications law scholarship and debate. In the first piece, Richard S. Whitt presents some specific ways for policymakers to use teachings from the latest thinking in economics to create a conceptual framework to deal with controversies in communications law and regulation. In the second Article, Aaron J. Burstein and Fred B. Schneider examine the relationship between network trustworthiness and network neutrality. In the third Article, Thomas B. Lake explores the false light invasion of privacy tort.

This issue also features a Comment and a Response concerning empirical evidence of editorial viewpoint diversity in the face of media consolidation. The Comment is by Professor C. Edwin Baker and is a critique of a recent empirical study by Professors Daniel E. Ho and Kevin M. Quinn. The Response by Professors Ho and Quinn addresses many of the criticisms raised by Professor Baker.

In addition to these pieces, this Issue contains three thoughtful Notes. In the first Note, Adam Clay discusses Carterfone and the merits of Skype's petition in light of the recent auction of the C Block, which carries open network requirements, and developments in wireless technology. In the second Note, Clark P. Kirkman argues for national regulation of the online ticket industry to protect consumers from predatory practices. In the final Note, Katy Noeth analyzes [section] 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the seminal case of Zeran v. AOL, and proposes an amendment to [section] 230 to impose civil liability upon ISPs that knowingly allow the sexual exploitation of children on their sites.

Once again, we owe a great deal of thanks to our authors for their contributions and for their cooperation with us during the editorial process. I must take this opportunity to thank my terrific staff for all of their hard work this year, particularly Kate Lee and Clara Ignich. I also want to wish the incoming editorial board all the best.

We are committed to providing our readers with broad coverage of timely and important communications issues, and we sincerely appreciate the continued support of contributors and readers alike. If you have feedback about this issue, or would like to submit an article for publication, please contact the Journal at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law--Bloomington, 211 South Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405; telephone (812) 855-5952; facsimile (812) 855-5871; and e-mail fclj@law.indiana.edu.

Christopher J. Harayda

Editor-in-Chief, Volume 61

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